Tag: dads
Why fatherhood matters more than ever before
Darby Saxbe, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Long gone are the days of the distant dad.
Dads today talk more freely with their teens about sex and relationships
Jennifer M. Grossman, Wellesley College
For many dads, talking with their teenager about sex and relationships can feel like...
Jesus’ earthly dad, St. Joseph – often overlooked – is honored...
Gloria Falcão Dodd, University of Dayton
The United States celebrates Father’s Day on the third Sunday of June. Many...
Babies don’t come with instruction manuals, so here are 5 tips...
Denise Bodman, Arizona State University and Bethany Bustamante Van Vleet, Arizona State University
Babies don’t come with instruction manuals....
College students with young kids – especially mothers – find themselves...
Claire Wladis, CUNY Graduate Center
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
We found that college students who have...
Nurturing dads raise emotionally intelligent kids – helping make society more...
Kevin Shafer, Brigham Young University
When my oldest son, now nearly 13, was born in July of 2008, I...
How Hemingway felt about fatherhood
Verna Kale, Pennsylvania State University
Ernest Hemingway was affectionately called “Papa,” but what kind of dad was he?
In my role as Associate Editor of the...
Why are sitcom dads still so inept?
Erica Scharrer, University of Massachusetts Amherst
From Homer Simpson to Phil Dunphy, sitcom dads have long been known for being bumbling and inept.
But it wasn’t...



















